Database Van Broekhoven » Thomas Petrus Marie van Brunschot (1911-1971)

Day of marriage August 1, 1941

• The temperature on August 1, 1941 was between 9.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
  • November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
  • December 8 » World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
  • December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
  • December 15 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv.
  • December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

Day of death April 24, 1971

• The temperature on April 24, 1971 was between 6.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
  • July 5 » The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
  • August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
  • September 13 » Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
  • November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
  • December 6 » Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
• 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
• 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)